blog of Elder Rob Weatherford
serving in the Mexico Veracruz Mission
of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Friday, December 4, 2015

2015-11-21 Rain, rain, come back...

Shots of when we went running in the rain a few days ago...
Really fun, and really wet! Our house is pretty near the beach, so most
mornings we go out running alongside (not on, not along, alongside, hehe) the
beach and stop at some exercise machines to work out. It's pretty nice, here,
actually--along every such distance they put exercise apparatus (apparatuses?
Really doubt it's "apparati"...) for anybody that wants to use them,
like mini-parks they outfit for public health. Set-ups for sit-ups, pull-ups,
squats, etc. We have an amazing view of the lighthouse on Sacrifice
Island (if you were to guess why it was named that, you'd probably be right),
and of course the sunrise as well. No complaints about the scenery!

This week we actually found a family to teach... they're
former investigators, and the couple isn't married yet (what else is new in
Veracruz?), but they seem super receptive. It appears they were dropped before
because they had a hard time keeping their commitments, but it seems like the
Lord's been working in the missionaries' absence, so I'm really hoping they'll
be ready for us this time! The couple's names are César and Lupita, and they
have four young children, ages 10, 6, 4, and 2. They're a handful to teach
together, but they're super cute and the oldest, Gabi, is extremely bright (all
of them, really, of course, but it's a bit more obvious in the ten-year-old,
being older, than in the two-year-old :)). I don't want to get my hopes up,
because there have been disappointments in the past, but I always have to
remind myself that even if it hurts, if I don't get emotionally involved I
won't be able to help them as well. And really, you (or, at least, I) can never
help it. We just found them this week so we're in the early stages of teaching,
but if you could pray for César and Lupita, I'd really appreciate it.

Transfers are happening this coming week, so we'll be
sending off two separate groups of missionaries and receiving a new batch fresh
from the MTC. My comp has a few things he has to do but I'm the one who gets
the brunt of the work when transfers come by, so it's been and will be a pretty
full week. Not to mention the Christmas zone conferences that will be rolling
around pretty soon... But with firm investigators we're looking forward to more
effective teaching this week as well!

Oh, yeah, and it'll be Thanksgiving next week... To be
honest, the holidays really pass me by here, at least the American ones. I
don't think I even remembered about Thanksgiving last year until it was done.
But this time we have four gringos in the offices (and a Mexican and a
Brazilian), so maybe we'll actually do something to celebrate! Update on that
next week...

Stay strong, stay safe, stay true, stay... right there,
right like that until I get back. Stop changing so much.

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